Snapshot Day 10/8/09 Data
(Salt Front RM 60.3)
RIVER MILE -7 Ft. Wadsworth
Carol Williams, John Warren National Parks Service, NPNH Education Center
Mrs. Bridgman - I.S. 27 – 8th grade, 31 students
GPS latitude N40.60537 W 074.05367
Location: Battery Weed, just north of the Verrazano Bridge, Staten Island
Area: Shoreline is rocky, banks are stone walls next to fort, collected wood/debris in the
area
Surrounding Area: 25% forested - historic fort next to the Verrazano Bridge
River Bottom: Rocky
Water Depth:
Plants in water: no
Tidal Shallows:
ITEM
Time
Reading 1
Reading 2
Comments
Physical
Air Temperature
Wind Speed
Cloud Cover
Weather
Weather
yesterday
Water Surface
Water
Temperature
Turbidity
11:53 AM
Beaufort 4
Partly cloudy
Nice,
Windy low 60s
63 F
17.2 C
East
WATER CHOPPY
10:57 AM 113 cm
100 cm
Average
105.6 cm
104 cm
Chlorophyll
Chemical
DO
pH
Alkalinity
Salinity
11:30 AM 0.3
Fish Catch
Number
Caught
1
Other Items
Species
Atlantic Silverside
4 inches
2 peregrines, two dozen brant, and the ship carrying the Dutch
sloops home from the Quad celebrations on the river